INSIGHT: Good hair, bad principles
THE Principal’s office isn’t simply for guidance and discipline anymore. In one Nassau school, for one female student, the principal became the beautician and the beast, stirring up much ire after she suggested that the young’s girl’s hair, in its natural state seemed “unkempt”.
INSIGHT: The FNM and its petty games
The Free National Movement (FNM) needs to make up its mind if it wants to be a serious contender for the next general election and stop engaging in petty political games.
INSIGHT: Playing for high stakes
Ownership disputes threaten to undermine gaming licensing process
WHEN the government announced the regularisation and licensing process for the gaming industry in 2014, the Bahamian people were promised a detailed vetting process that required full transparency and accountability on the part of gaming operators.
INSIGHT: A little less talk - more action
2015 was the worst year on record for violent crime in The Bahamas.
INSIGHT: Haiti takes a step towards democratic elections
President Michel Martelly made his farewell speech to Haiti as he departed office yesterday with no successor yet chosen because a runoff election was scrapped last month amid violent protests and deep suspicions about vote rigging.
We should all play a part in protecting oceans
JOSEPH Ierna Jr believes protecting oceanic resources should be a high priority for everyone, everywhere.
INSIGHT: Pitch Battle - Bahamas soccer losing sight of the goal
The Bahamas Football Association (BFA) continues to collapse.
INSIGHT: The real reason behind the ‘greedy doctors’ barb - votes
Former MP Pierre Dupuch questions Shane Gibson’s reasoning regarding the proposed National Health Insurance plan.
INSIGHT: Roberts barks, but now there’s no bite
It was interesting - but not surprising - to see Bradley Roberts, the chairman of the Progressive Liberal Party, attacking the media last week.
WORLD VIEW: De-risking or destruction? Neither is fair
“If there were any scheme designed to destroy the economies of several countries without a military war, then this is such a scheme. It is erroneous; it is pernicious; and it is vicious”.
INSIGHT: FNM leader 'never had it and he never will'
In politics, a party leader is the most powerful official within the organisation. He or she represents the members of that party, its views and ideologies.
Zika alert: Pregnant women advised to avoid countries with outbreaks of latest moquito-borne virus
THE Ministry of Health in the Bahamas is monitoring the spread of the Zika virus, which has been found in several Latin American and Caribbean countries, Minister of Health Dr Perry Gomez said yesterday.
Required by January - a medical miracle for NHI
During a recent trip to George Town, Exuma, I drove past the new government clinic - or rather the pink wall and gates behind which sits the handsome clinic edifice, still unopened and unusable.
INSIGHT: We need answers on NHI
THE way the Christie administration is mishandling the proposed roll out of National Health Insurance is an appalling insult to Bahamians, but not surprising.
INSIGHT: Obama fails to see the clear and present danger
Britain is taking a lead in the fight against terrorism while America’s president refuses to denounce the radical Islamic threat, says Peter Young.
